TTY and you

[machinebacon]

Q: My keyboard has no F-keys, how can I switch TTYs?
A: Press Alt + Cursor Left or Cursor Right to move through the TTYs

Q: Damnit - how to copy/paste?
A: Ctrl + K to cut everything to the right of cursor, Ctrl + Y to paste to the right of the cursor.

Q: Yeah okay, and how to paste to another TTY?
A: Many ways. You probably want to copy a part of the screen.

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sudo screendump N >> copy.txt

will make a "screenshot" in txt format. You can edit it in the other TTY.

Q: Any idea how I can quickly/easily access google, or bing, or find acronyms, books on amazon, search the Debian wiki etc. without actually using a CLI browser?
A: Install surfraw. Use it like

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sr google my fairy dick

and check the elvi list (sr -elvi). Of course you do have a .surfraw.conf file with the options

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 SURFRAW_text_browser=/usr/bin/links2
 SURFRAW_graphical=no

Q: Can I haz a clock which is not in tmux?
A: Sure you can. As root, edit /etc/kbd/config and remove the # in front of the last line to look like this:

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DO_VCSTIME=yes

Q: Thanks Bacon.
A: It's my duty.

[wuxmedia]

Ace. Thanks.

[GekkoP]

Splendid, didn't know many of the answers.

[bones]

Excellent, thanks!